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Emirates Airlines International Festival of Literature in Dubai Draws Crowds, Controversy
There are no figures yet, save for 520,000 mentions on Google, but in terms of the enthusiasm of its audience, the impact on the local community and the coverage in Gulf-based newspapers, the inaugural Emirates Airlines International Festival of Literature (EAIFL) was a success. The first such event in the region—indeed, the very concept had to be explained by Isobel Abulhoul, director o...
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Pre-BEA Listing
As a service to booksellers and others attending BookExpo America 2009 in New York City, May 28—May 31, Publishers Weekly will provide an annotated listing of exhibitors in our April 27 issue. To ensure coverage of your company's books and/or products, please coordinate with all divisions, imprints, subsidiaries and distribution clients, including children's.
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CBC Reveals ‘Children’s Choice’ Finalists
They’re back: the Children’s Book Council has unveiled the finalists for the second-annual Children’s Choice Book Awards. Nearly 15,000 children cast their votes in six categories—four based on age group, as well as author and illustrator of the year.
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Toy Fair 2009: Back to Basics
The number of exhibitors at this week's New York International Toy Fair was down from years past—fewer than 30 booths featured publishers or authors, for example, compared to the typical 40 to 45—and traffic was light. Many publishers said they had a productive show, however, noting that attendees were serious about writing orders.
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Search for BEC Replacement Begins
Less than 24 hours after Reed closed BookExpo Canada discussions about ways to replace the annual show have begun.
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Lincoln Lovefest
Abraham Lincoln Book Shop has a special event planned for the 16th president's birthday.
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Cirobe Bullish, Despite Bear Market
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times at the Cirobe (Chicago International Remainder and Overstock Book Exposition) October 24—26. While books are still the main draw, the buzz at the show wasn't about the product filling the Chicago Hilton's two basement ballrooms, but, rather, what was going on in the world outside.
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Children’s Books Top the Bill at SCIBA
A recap of the children's events and authors at the annual Southern California Independent Booksellers Association trade show.
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Reflections on a First Trip to Frankfurt
A children's book editor attends her first Frankfurt Book Fair, and shares her impressions.
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Bad News - Gerbils Dead
A children's book editor attends the Frankfurt Book Fair, and receives an email from her husband.
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What’s BEA’s Mission?
I read your article on the BEA and BEC (Oct. 6). Here’s my take: I have been a book rep for 33+ years (and was a bookseller for a couple of years before that). I’ve represented major New York publishers, regional Northwest publishers, a regional wholesaler and currently I am a commission rep.
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GLIBA Booksellers Dispense Advice
About 50 general booksellers gathered at the GLIBA trade snow to hear Kristen McLean, executive director of the Association of Booksellers for Children, along with booksellers Cynthia Compton of 4 Kids Books in Indianapolis and Rose Joseph of Magic Tree Bookstore in Oak Park, Ill., discuss the nuts and bolts of setting up a children’s section in a general-interest bookstore.
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GLIBA: A Weekend of Excitement
Children’s books were very much on booksellers’s minds at last weekend’s Great Lakes Independent Booksellers annual trade show, held in Dearborn, Mich.
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Which Way for BEA, BEC?
As the international publishing community prepares to gather at the annual Frankfurt Book Fair, the North American publishing industry is evaluating the future direction of the continent's two major trade fairs, BookExpo America and BookExpo Canada. The effectiveness of BEC has been in question for some time, ever since Indigo came to dominate Canadian bookselling, while the examination of BEA ...
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Crossing the Channel
British publishers and agents will be looking for deals for authors who have worldwide brand names as well as debut novelists. Virgin founder Richard Branson, Charles Darwin's great-great granddaughter and Ted Hughes's brother all have new books for which rights are available. Among newcomers, a self-published Singapore lawyer has a detective series whose main character is described as a cross ...
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Frankfurt '08
An aging rocker, a dog whisperer, a bestselling pastor, some literary icons (living and dead) and a Paris Review editor—turned-deli employee are just a few of the authors who will be vying for attention from foreign editors in this year's rights tent.
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Booksellers Turn Out for More on Buying Local
Less than a week after BookExpo America and the launch of IndieBound, the American Booksellers Association's program to spur the development of new buy local organizations, COO Oren Teicher unveiled the project to a broader range of businesses at the sixth annual conference of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE).
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BEA By the Numbers
28,494: Total number of registrants in Los Angeles for BEA 2008 36,112: Total number of registrants in New York for BEA 2007 2,462: Number of miles between New York and Los Angeles 27,143: Total number of registrants at BEA 2003, the last time the show was held in Los Angeles 5,539: Number of book buyers at BEA 2008 8,102: Number of book buyers at BEA 2007 6,684: Number of book buyers at BEA 20...
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Live from BEA, Sunday, June 1
PW's live coverage from BookExpo America 2008
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Live From BEA, Saturday, May 31
PW's live coverage of BEA 2008 in Los Angeles: Updated 8:00pm
Big Fall Books; An Early Morning Lovefest for Comics; A Strike at BEA; Big Read Update; ABA Town Hall Meeting; Bezos on Kindle; Going Green; Authors and Their Online Communities; Mellow Mood as Show Opens; Take My Manuscript to Hollywood...Please; Obituary: Leda Liounis; A Documentary about Indie Booksellers
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